Madi Stark presented her senior thesis research at the Botany 2014 national conference in Boise, ID, in July 2014. The poster, on a possible undescribed hybrid cattail spreading aggressively in the Mississippi River delta, was co-authored with Biology professors Dave White and Don Hauber.

Dr. Paul W. Barnes and his research team have published a paper in the journal Physiologia Plantarum. This research is the culmination of seven years of study that addresses how in plants can adjust their UV sunscreens to sudden changes in their UV environment.